TESTING. GOOD EVENING, THANKS FOR JOINING US. WE'RE BREAKING INTO THE REGULAR EV PROGRAMMING TO BRING THE ELECTIONS. U.S. SENATE, THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY, BRIAN SCHATZ NOW WITH 115,370 VOTES. COLLEEN HANABUSA, A DIFFERENCE OF 1,769. SO AS IT STANDS WITH THIS, BRIAN SCHATZ IS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE GOING INTO THE GENERAL ELECTION. WE WANT TO HEAD STRAIGHT OVER TO THE BIG ISLAND. BRENTON JOINS US NOW WITH COLLEEN HANABUSA. YOU HA JUST SAW THE RESULTS. YOUR REACTION? . THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE VOTEDTED HAVE SPOKEN. FOR THE PEOPLE OF PUNA -- THEY ARE STILL PEOPLE WHO WILL FEEL DISENFRANCHISED. BUT THESE ARE THE RESULTS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.. BUT MY CAMPAIGN WILL OF COURSE BE EVALUATED. IT'S A E VERY INTERESTING SITUATION, WHERE WE HAVE 2,000 VOTES -- OR 1700 VOTES THAT'S GOING TO DETERMINE THE UNITED STATES SENATE RACE. DE WHEN YOUTE R LOOK BACK, WOULD YOU DO ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY? SUCH A CLOSE BATTLE, SUCH AC CLOSE RACE, WOULD YOU DO ANYTHING?NYTH I THINK WHAT THIS RACE SHOWED WAS A COMBINATION OF THINGS. BUT IT ALSO DID SHOW THAT WHEN HAVE YOU A LOT OF MAINLAND INTERESTS COMING IN AND THEY CAN POUR IN A LOT OF MONEY THAT DID MAKE -- I BELIEVE IT DID MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS ELECTION. BUT HAVING SAID THAT, THE PEOPLE STILL INDIVIDUALLY VOTED THE WAY THEY WANTED TO VOTE, DEPENDING ON WHATEVER THEY HEARD AND WHATEVER THEY BELIEVED. AND WE FELT AS A RESULT OF THAT,AT, THIS IS THE RESULT OF THIS ELECTION. E CONGRESSWOMAN, TALK ABOUT THE LOW TURNOUT AND HOW MUCH THAT AFFECTED EVERYTHING AND CERTAINLY THE IRREGULARITIES. WELL, THAT'S ALWAYS A CONCERN. BUT THAT'S A MAJOR CONCERN FOR THE PEOPLE -- THEY FELT SO DISENFRANCHISED. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I FELT SO TOUCHED WITH WERE THE PEOPLE WHO CAME FROM OTHER DISTRICTS D WHOIS WANTED TO VOTE AND WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO VOTE. I FELT LIKE THEIR STORIES WERE HEART-WRENCHING. AND THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY COULD NOT VOTE AND WHY SOMEHOW NO ONE HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR THEM OUT THERE -- YOU KNOW, THE THANK YOUS THAT I GOT WAS G THE FACTO THAT WE TRY TO SAY THAT TO THE COURTS, AS WELL AS TO EVERYONE CONCERNED THAT, IN FACT,ONCE THESE PEOPLE WERE IN A DEVASTATED SITUATION, THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW.NOW WILL YOU CHALLENGE THE RESULTS? I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE WILL DO. IT IS CLEARLY A SITUATION THAT -- THAT WAS A REQUEST MADE BY A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE, WAS TO -- TO KEEP ON GOING BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY WANT -- THEY WANT TO HAVE THEIR VOTE COUNTED. BUT THOSE -- YOU KNOW, THOSE -- I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE WILL FEEL THAT WAY A WEEK FROM NOW AND WHEN THEIR ELECTRICITY IS BACK ON AND WHEN THEY ARE ABLE TO MOVE AROUND. BUT NOTWITHSTANDING, PEOPLE ARE CLEARLY HURT AND ARE STILL HURTING OUT HERE. YOU HEAR ABOUT PARADISE PARK WHERE WE ARE, AND THE SHORES WHERE THE VOTING TOOK PLACE. BUT YOU DON'T HEAR SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN KALAPANA, KAPOHO, OR NANAVALE. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WERE REALLY HARD HIT AND TRIED TO TO VOTE TODAY. I HEARD FROM KAPUNAS FROM LALANI WHO CAME AND WANTED TO VOTE. THIS IS WHAT ELECTION IS ALL ABOUT. HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT YOUR NEXT MOVE IS IN -- NO, I HAVE NOT. I AM STILL A MEMBER OF CONGRESS.RE I HAVE THESS PEOPLE OF HAWAII IN MY HEART AND ACTING IN THEIRN T BEST INTEREST. WHATST IS YOUR MESSAGE TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE? TO WHICH? ALL OF YOUR SUPPORTERS, ALL THE PEOPLE OUT HERE. I JUST WANT TO SAY WITH EVERY ELECTION, IT ALWAYS AMAZES ME -- YOU KNOW, WE RAN A GRASS-ROOTS CAMPAIGN. WE HAD A MAJOR MONEY DEFICIT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH HAS BEEN SPENT IN THIS CAMPAIGN AND WE HAVE REALLY COME THIS FAR BECAUSE OF ALL OF THEM.EM. ALL OF OUR ANTIS AND ALL OF THE CAN PUNAS AND ALL OF THE GUY WHO IS CAME OUT -- ESPECIALLY IN A STATEWIDE RACE, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE IN THE BEGINNING -- I MEAN, THEY DON'T HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU, AND THEY ARE WILLING TO GIVETO G THEIR ALL FOR YOU. TO ME, THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST PHENOMENAL THINGS ABOUT ELECTIONS. IT IS ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIPS WE CREATE, AND THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE EARN. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY MA HOLLOW TO EVERYONE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR HEART TO THIS ELECTION. THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE THAT.T. OKAY, THANK YOU. COLLEEN HANABUSA EXPRESSINGRESS HER THOUGHTS ON THIS ELECTION.N. WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU. WE'LL HAVE MORE COVERAGE LATER LAT TONIGHT AT 10:00. WE'LL STICK WITH THE BIG ISLAND. OUR CATHERINE CRUZ IS THERE AWAITING BRIAN SCHATZ'S ARRIVAL. CATHERINE? [APPLAUSE] WECAT ARE HERE IN HILO WITH THE HEAD OF HDA, RANDY HERRERO. YOU HEARD COLLEEN HANABUSA, NOT READYUSA TO CHALLENGE.E. IT IS A GREAT VICTORY FOR BRIAN SCHATZ AND VOTERS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY COME OUT TODAY AND THEY DIDY IN BIG NUMBERS, BIGGER THAN THEY DID IN 2012. AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE A LEGITIMATE ELECTION AND LEGITIMATE WIN FOR BRIAN SCHATZ. BRIAN'S LEADERSHIP -- HE SUGGESTED TO US THAT WE WAIT UNTIL THE ELECTION ITSELF TO POLITIC. SO WE SPENT THE ENTIRE WEEK DOING THINGS THAT -- YOU KNOW, JUST DISTRIBUTING FOOD AND WATER TO PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT. AND THEN WE DECIDED TO CAMPAIGN TODAY. I THINK THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO BRIAN AND HIS LEADERSHIP. WHILE THE OTHER SIDE WAS CAMPAIGNING -- WE THOUGHT IT WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO HELP THE PEOPLE. AND HERE WE ARE.. HOW WILL YOUR STRATEGY GO FROM HERE ON IN?? I WILL LEAVE THAT TO THE LAWYERS, CATHERINE. AT THIS POINT, THE C PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN. IF THERE IS A CHALLENGE, IT WILL GO -- IT WILL BE OUT OF OUR HANDS. WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER 600 O VOTES THATTH ARE COMING IN? WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTION THIS YEAR. AND CERTAINLY THE POSTMORTEM WILL REQUIRE SOME KIND OF ASSESSMENT FROM THE OFFICE OF ELECTIONS. BUT I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. AT THIS POINT, WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS AND WE'REE'RE MOVING FORWARD. WE'RE AWAITING THE CANDIDATE --- THEY ARE NOT VERY FAR FROM HERE. THEY ARE ON HIS WAY. HE'S READY TO MAKE A QUICK STATEMENT. AND THEN FINGERS CROSSED, THEN WE'LL BE ON THE PLANE BACK TO OAHU. LEAVING SOON.ON. THAT'S RIGHT. THERE YOU HAVE IT FROM HILO, FROM HEADQUARTERS WHERE WE ARE EAGERLY AWAITING BRIAN SHATT'S ARRIVAL, WITH THIS FIRST RETURN WITH THE VERY COMMANDING LEAD AND WE WILL SEE HOW THINGS GO TONIGHT. BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CATHERINE. OF COURSE, COLLEEN HANABUSA IN THAT INTERVIEW WITHCOLL BRENTON, NOT RULING OUT THE CHALLENGES.ES. SHE'S PROBABLY DIGESTING THEST NUMBERS. AS ARE WE.IN HERE'S A LOOK, BRIAN SCHATZ AND COLLEEN HANABUSA, THEY STAND APART BY 1,769 VOTES. YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT AT THAT FIRSTAT COUNT WE GOT LAST WEEKEND, THE DIFFERENCE WAS 1635. SO HE MADE UP OVER 100 VOTES TO WIDEN THAT GAP.. NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE BIG ISLAND NUMBERS, HAWAII STATISTICS AS THEY COME IN AND WE SEE HE HAS 16,358 VOTES. COLLEEN HANABUSA WITH 15,858 VOTES. AND WE ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT MAUI COUNTY RIGHT NOW. COLLEEN HANABUSA LEADING ON MAUI 11,388. THE DIFFERENCE THERE SO SLIM, BRIAN SCHATZ WITH 11,166. AND WE SAY BRIAN SCHATZ HAS ARRIVED AT THAT HILO HOUSE AND WE'LL HEAR FROM HIM NOW. [APPLAUSE]AUSE YOU SEE HIM THERE OBVIOUSLY GREETING SUPPORTERS. LOTS OF S FOLKS ON THE BIG ISLAND. LET'S TAKE A LISTEN. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY ONYB THEOD BIG ISLAND AND EVERYBODY ON HILO. AND I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE FROM PUNA FOR TEACHING ME ABOUT THE BIG ISLAND HEART. THIS WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY WEEK FOR ALL OF US, AND THE WORK THAT WE ALL PUT IN, NOT ON THE CAMPAIGN SIDE BUT ON THE COMMUNITY SIDE TO HELP PEOPLE TO TRY TO RECOVER. THISTRY WAS A VERY DIFFICULT TIME FOR THE PEOPLE OF DI PUNA. WHAT I SAW WAS PEOPLE IN PUNA, PEOPLE IN WEST HAWAII, PEOPLE IN EAST HAWAII. PEOPLE FROM MAUI, OAHU PITCHING IN P AND HELPING RECOVER. IT WAS MY PROUDEST MOMENT AS A CITIZEN, IT WAS SUCH A PLEASURE TO WORK SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH ALL OF YOU TO HELP THAT COMMUNITY TO RECOVER. R NOW, ONEC THE CAMPAIGN, YOU GUYS DID AMAZING! GIVE YOURSELF -- [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Y YOU GUYS -- [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] YOU GUYS ARE SO EXTRAORDINARY. THERE THIS GROUP -- THERE'S A GROUP ON EVERY ISLAND CELEBRATING. THERE ARE PEOPLE WATCHING THE INTERNET AND PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE OF HAWAII WHO ARE THRILLED WITH THIS RESULT. WE ARE SO GRATIFIED FOR THEE SUPPORT THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET. AND LOOK I WANT TO SPECIALLY RECOGNIZE MY CAMPAIGN CHAIRS, ONE OF THEM IS RIGHT HERE MARY -- [APPLAUSE] ROWLAND AND NORMAN YAMAGUCHI. THEY ARE A Y GROUP OF THREE PEOPLE WHO HELPED GUIDE US THROUGH THIS EXTRAORDINARY PROCESS. I'M LOOK AT ALL OF YOU AND I COULD NOT BE MORE GRATEFUL, MORE THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE HAWAII IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE. I ALSO REALLY WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY. I WANT TO THANK MY MOTHER AND FATHER WHO TAUGHT ME ABOUT PUBLIC SERVICE AND TAUGHT ME HOW TO DEFINE MY SUCCESS. WHICH WAS HOW MUCH GOOD YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH FOR OTHERS. MY MOTHER AND FATHER TAUGHT ME THAT FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE. I WANT TO THANK MY BROTHERS FOR PITCHING AND.HI ANDNG I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK LINDA, MY WIFE, WHO HAS BEENO EXTRAORDINARYHA THROUGH THIS THROUGH THIS EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT AND EXCITING PROCESS. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] AND. HOPING THEY ARE WATCHING. I HAVE A FEELING THEY ARE WATCHING.NG. I WANT TO THANK MY 10-YEAR-OLD AND 6-YEAR-OLD. I'M COMING HOME, IF MY FLIGHT IS ON TIME. WE REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY, THIS HAS BEEN ANN EXTRAORDINARY NIGHT. THE EMOTION YOU'RE SHOWING RIGHT NOW REALLY DEMONSTRATES HOW HARD FOUGHT A CAMPAIGN THIS WAS AGAINST REPRESENTATIVE COLLEEN HANABUSA. DID YOU EXPECT THIS MUCH OF A CHALLENGE? THIS CLOSE OF A RACE? OH, ABSOLUTELY.LY. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT RACE. WE HAVE TREMENDOUS RESPECT FOR OUR OPPONENT. AND WE'RE GLAD THAT ALL OF THE -- WE ENDED UP HAVING TWO PRIMARY ELECTIONS ACTUALLY, WHICH A WAS AN EXTRAORDINARYA THING.OR AND EVEN FOR THE BIG ISLAND, WHICH HAS A HISTORY -- I THINK TAKES THE CAKE.. WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE? I THINK WE WORKED REALLY HARD AND OUR MESSAGE CAME THROUGH AND WE HAVE A GREAT ORGANIZATION. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE] WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST THRILLEDILLE WITH THE ELECTION RESULTS RIGHT NOW AND REALLY, REALLY GRATIFIED AS THAT PUNA CAME THROUGH, AND MAUI CAME THROUGH, AND THAT WE HAVE THE RESULT THAT WE WERE HOPING FOR. YOU ROLLED YOUR SLEEVES UP ALL WEEK. YOU LAID LOW AND HAD A LOW PROFILE AND FOUGHT HARD FOR THE PEOPLE OF PUNA. TODAY A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM OTHER AREAS WANTED TO VOTE AND COULDN'T, WHAT RECOURSE DO THEY HAVE? WELL, IT WAS VERY FRUSTRATING, A LOT OF PEOPLE PARKED THEIR CAR AND CAME DOWN QUARTER, HALF A MILE AND CAME DOWN TO TELL ME THEY WANTED TO VOTE FOR YOU. WE ARE NOT THE UMPIRES, WEE ARE THE PLAYERS ON THE FIELD AND WE DECIDED TO PLAY BY THE RULES AND WORK HARD, AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. ALOHA! SENATOR BRYAN SCHATZ WILL BE QUICKLY RUNNING TO THE AIRPORT -- AS HE SAID, WE ARE NOT THE UMPIRES JUST THE PLAYERS IN THE GAME. I HAVE A FEELING THE UMPIRES WILL BE CHALLENGED IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS GO ON. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE NOW QUESTIONING THE WHOLE PROCESS. WE WANT TO HEAD OVER TO LARA YAMADA. YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING A LOT OF THE TWEETS, PEOPLE SAYING HEY, WE WERE IN SOME OTHER AREAS IN THE PUNA DISTRICT THAT WERE AFFECTED AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO VOTE. WE DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR. WE ASKED SOME OTHER QUESTIONS TO STATE OFFICIALS TOO ABOUT THE PROCESS.PROC HEARING FROM THEM ABOUT THE DECISIONS THEY MADE AND WHY. ONE, AS TO WHY THEY DECIDED TO HOLD THE VOTE -- THE PRIMARY ELECTION TODAY INSTEAD OF WAITING LONGER, THEY HAD 21 DAYS. THEY SAID WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY WITH THE HOLIDAY AND SCHOOL BEING OPEN. THEY FELT BECAUSE THE ACCESS WAS CLEARED, THEY WERE JUSTIFIED INN HOLDING THE ELECTION TODAY. AND WE ASKED ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC BALLOTS, WHY THERE WEREN'T PAPER BALLOTS. THEY SAID THE SAME THING, IT WAS JUST AN EASIER, CLEANER PROCESS, WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH IT FASTER AND GET THE NUMBERS OUT MORE QUICKLY. FOLLOWING THE SAME THREAD. AND MAUI, 800 VOTES NOT COUNTED, ADDED TO ALL OF THIS BECAUSE OF SOME ISSUES THEY HAD IN TRANSMITTING SOME OF THE CARDS LAST SATURDAY MORNING. AS YOU HAVE BEEN GOING OVER THE NUMBERS, ESSENTIALLY ABOUT THE SAME. I APOLOGIZE IF YOU BROKE DOWN THE COUNTIES. HAWAII COUNTY, 500 VOTES BETWEEN THE TWO. MAUI COUNTY, A DIFFERENCE OF ONLY 222 VOTES BETWEEN THE TWO. AS FAR AS POSSIBLY CONTESTING THIS RACE, THERE IS A SIX-DAYAY WINDOW OF TIME TO DO THAT, UP UNTIL AUGUST 21st. AND AS WE HEARD EARLIER, CONGRESSWOMAN COLLEEN HANABUSA SAID SHE IS NOT SURE WHAT SHE IS GOING TO DO NEXT. I'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU GUYS. THANKS SO MUCH, LARA. IN THE NORMAL PRIMARY, THEY HAVE THAT UNITY BREAKFAST, THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE EACH OTHER THE NEXT DAY, MAKE AMENDS, SHAKE HANDS. IN THIS CASE, THERE IS NO BREAKFAST. WE WANT TO SHOW YOU THE NUMBERS ONE LAST TIME. BRIAN SCHATZ WINNING OVER 1,769 VOTES OVER COLLEEN HANABUSA FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION. YOU'RE LOOKING AT BRIAN SCHATZ TAKING THE 16,358 TO COLLEEN HANABUSA 113628. AND IN MAUI COUNTY:Y: WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING FROM THE BEGINNING, THE INCUMBENT LOSING TO JOY VENTURA, WE ARE WAITING THIS IS THE DISTRICT AND BONAVENTURE A HAS WON THAT. A PRETTY WIDE MARGIN THERE. THIS IS THE IMPACTED AREA. OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. THIS WAS THE FIRST PRIMARY EVER. THE TOP SIX WOULD BE GOING INTOING THE GENERAL ELECTION. IT WAS REALLY CLOSE BETWEEN NUMBER 6 HARVEY AND NUMBER 7 JEREMY HOPKINS, UNTIL THIS VOTE CAME THROUGH. IT REMAINS WITH HARVEY McAMERICANY MAKING IT TO THE GENERAL. THESE ARE THE OTHERS IN THE AT-LARGE.AT STILL MORE-L OF OUR AT-LARGE PARTICIPANTS. WE ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUTT SENATE DISTRICT 6, ON MAUI, ROSS BAKER KEEPING THAT SEAT, 800 800 VOTES ON MAUI PLAYING INTO THESEE RACES TONIGHT. AND JUSTIN WOODSON KEEPING HIS SEAT, THE CHALLENGER WAS OPONO. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STAYINGTAY WITH KITV4. REMEMBER YOU CAN GET US ANY TIME ON OUR APP. WE'LL HAVE A WRAP-UP OF ALL OF THIS COMING UP TONIGHT ON KITV4 NEWS AT 10:00.

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